Joann has over 20 years leadership experience in HR, Training, Operations, and Facilities culled from the telecommunications, BPO, semiconductors, IT, pharmaceutical, property and the mining industries. She is a sought-after resource speaker on career counseling, succession planning, workforce planning, workplace diversity, and organizational transformation. Her articles and/or interviews have appeared on the Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal and Cosmopolitan magazines, on the Philippine Daily Star, Manila Bulletin and Business World newspapers, on Studio 23 TV, and on Bloomberg. She’s been a member of the judging committee for The Stevie Awards from 2014 till the present. Under her watch, SM Investments has won the Forbes Global 2000 World’s Best Employer’s twice, this year landing at #158 out of 2,000 companies worldwide.

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“I would like to extend my appreciation to you and the speakers at the HR Summit. I felt that the various industry speakers and specialties enabled me to gain some valuable concepts and strategies to assist me gain a more holistic understanding of the HR function”

“I attended the HR Summit last week and would like to once again thank you for a great two days of presentations. I have for the past seven years attended the AHRI conference but think that I will now make this a biennial conference as I certainly enjoyed yours more.”

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“This was my first HR Summit and I was impressed with the high calibre speakers and thought provoking topics. It is a good exercise to benchmark our frameworks with industry peers.”